Able Quote by Barbara Gittings

Coming out as a gay man, it was very much about finding my own identity and dealing with labeling.

— John Cameron Mitchell

“Sometimes people tell me they don’t want to label themselves by their sexual orientation. I used to reject my gay identity. In fact I…

— Anthony Venn-Brown

I’ve known I was mostly gay ever since I can remember. I know it troubles many people for me to refer to myself as…

— Caitlin Stasey

I had a number of different labels. A lot of people assumed I was gay because I was wearing a man's suit, and one…

— Annie Lennox

“Are you bisexual" "Labels were invented for people like you who can't grasp a reality outside of a defined gender role. I like what…

— Colleen Hoover

I actually don't label myself, but... Some people call me queer; some people call me bisexual, whatever it is now. I'm happy with all…

— Keiynan Lonsdale

I'm very into labels; gay, straight, pick a side and stay there.

— Charlotte York

I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man.

— Joel Grey

It was never like I had to go, 'I am gay.' Slowly, almost by osmosis, by the way I was behaving, it became obvious…

— Shura

Sexuality shouldn't define you. It should be part of who you are.

— Jessie J

I don't like labels. For me, saying I'm transgender was just a thing to say because it's what people want to label me as…

— Trisha Paytas

When I first moved to New York, I had some colleagues who said I should be my straightest self - whatever that means -…

— Colman Domingo